Tuesday, May 21, 2013
- Film, Reviews, May 15, 2013
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Star Trek Into Darkness is a brutally brilliant film for our times
They have ingeniously crafted a Star Trek movie that works equally well for neophytes and devotees
- Film, Reviews, May 8, 2013
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Baz Luhrmann misses the mark in The Great Gatsby
The problem with Luhrmann's Gatsby isn't that he doesn't show enough respect for The Great Gatsby, it's that he doesn't show enough respect for Jay Gatsby.
- Film, Reviews, May 8, 2013
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If you didn't like The Tree of Life, avoid To the Wonder
Initially, I was put off by this film, but it's clung to me ever since.
- Film, Reviews, May 1, 2013
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Iron Man 3 is all heart, and the best of the trilogy
There isn't a single thing wrong with this flick.
- Film, Reviews, May 1, 2013
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Though red hot at moments, The Iceman misses half the story
The Iceman feels like a pale imitation of Goodfellas.
- Film, Reviews, Apr 24, 2013
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The Running Film Festival shows there's more to a marathon than the finish line
Long and winding road
- Film, Reviews, Apr 24, 2013
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Matthew McConaughey is magnetic in Mud
- Film, Reviews, Apr 24, 2013
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The Company You Keep makes for a good, old-fashioned ensemble thriller
- Film, Reviews, Apr 17, 2013
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Chris O'Dowd holds The Sapphires together, just enough
The girl band, treated so poorly down under, are a hit in Vietnam.
- Film, Reviews, Apr 17, 2013
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If Oblivion feels familiar, it's because you've seen it all before
Even without a memory wipe, you'll get some geeky satisfaction out of the rendering of Earth as a newly alien place.
- Film, Reviews, Apr 10, 2013
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Trance puts a fun spell on reality
The whole shebang simply embraces its own absurdity from the get-go.
- Film, Reviews, Apr 10, 2013
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42 buries its potential complexity beneath hagiography
Through the first hour, at least, there's the promise of an unconventionally entertaining approach to Robinson's saga.
- Film, Reviews, Apr 10, 2013
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The Place Beyond the Pines satisfyingly meanders
Maybe "emotional thriller" comes closest to describing it, but that's not quite right, either.
- Film, Reviews, Apr 3, 2013
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Evil Dead should never have been resurrected
- Film, Reviews, Mar 27, 2013
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G.I. Joe: Retaliation: A real American zero
We talk about "live-action cartoons," but perhaps no movie has ever come nearer to such a state than Retaliation.
- Film, Reviews, Mar 27, 2013
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On the Road: A disservice to the novel and movement
Sal and Dean here are no different than Bill and Ted, Wayne and Garth, or Harold and Kumar.
- Film, Reviews, Mar 20, 2013
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Stoker presents a stylized blood triangle
Through expressive camerawork and adroit editing, its moody aura is meticulously maintained.
- Film, Reviews, Mar 20, 2013
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A better way to die hard: Olympus Has Fallen
A hopelessly outmanned protagonist evens the odds through brute force and good old-fashioned American ingenuity.
- Film, Reviews, Mar 13, 2013
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Joking hazard: The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Often, nothing kills a joke faster than analyzing it.
- Film, Reviews, Mar 6, 2013
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If it only had a heart: Oz the Great and Powerful
Oz the Great and Powerful? More like The Bland and the Mediocre.
